The Sandhills of Nebraska have bounced back after devastating wildfires in 2012.
That’s the finding of researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Rangeland ecologist Dirac Twidwell says the fear of permanent fire damage to the grasslands is unfounded.

Twidwell says plants growing in the burned areas were as strong as those in unburned areas, two years after the fire.

He says preventing fires from occurring may be more harmful.

Twidwell says state and federal rules preventing fires for fear of destabilizing the Sandhills are not needed.
However, he says there is a legitimate concern for human safety and property damage with wildfires.